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I reckon my cocker spaniel hunts for the sheer fun of killing things, though I do try to discourage her.

I'm afraid this debate has really gone feral.

On the one hand we have shooters, who consider killing animals sport, telling us that hunting is good for conservation, and on the other hand we have animal rights activists, who consider killing animals for sport cruel, telling us that hunting is no good for conservation.

This is clearly a political argument and neither of these groups can be trusted to be telling us what actually produces the best conservation outcome. That's what we're talking about here, right?

Maybe next week we can have an article written by a conservation biologist?